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...He’s been a wonderful teacher at Harvard,” Swager said of Jacobsen. “I feel bad about Harvard’s loss, but I think our two departments have a lot of friendships between them. Our departments will continue to have great scholarly exchanges over the years...
...Jacobsen, 47, came to Harvard as a professor in 1993. In addition to teaching the introductory organic chemistry course Chemistry 17 for many years, he has become a prominent voice in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Jacobsen was one of 13 professors on the faculty advisory committee to the presidential search last year and one of the three professors who drafted the general education legislation that the Faculty approved last spring. He also currently sits on the 18-member governing board of the FAS, the Faculty Council...
...Swager said that Jacobsen will be a major contributor to a new research center at MIT, the MIT-Novartis Center for Continuous Manufacturing, which is being funded by $65 million from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, a health care products company...
...Jacobsen has had a long-term relationship with MIT, according to Swager...
...Several chemistry graduate students and professors contacted for this article, including department chair Andrew G. Myers, declined to comment. Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith said in an e-mail that he had spoken with Jacobsen, but would not comment further...